Metallic casket



C. V. LUCIUS.

METALLIC GASKET.

APPLICATION HLED MAR. 13. |919.

1,326,873. Patented Deo. 30,1919.

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METAIQLIG GASKET.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Appiica'noh fiieivrarch is, 1919. seriai No. 282,410.'

To all wliom t may concern: y

Be it known that I, CHRISTIAN V. Lucius, a citizen of the United States, residingiat Massillon, in the county .of vStark yand State ofOhio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Metallic Gaskets, oi which vthe following is la specification. n

Myy invention relates to improvements iny metallic caskets, and more particularly to that class or ty e' known as combined burial caskets an grave vaults, which dispenses vwith theiordinary outer or rough box commonly employed with the ordinary burial casket.

The primary'object ofthe invention is to provide a generally-improvedmetallic casket of this class which will be exceedinglyl'simple in construction, cheap ofmanufacture, and eiiieient in use.' s

A further object of the invention is the provision of a casket of this class made en`- tirely .of sheetinetal and having its parts particularly arranged and disposed relative to each other so as to present lwelding edges particularly adaptedk for antogenous `welding, as well as one which will be ofattractive `outline and ornamental appearance A still further Objectis the prvision of a metallic casket of this lclass which will notl only be of great durability, as well as fluid proof, butalso one whichinayjbe hermeti callyy sealed through the medium of anA im` l, 1 y ,l f l. pioved covei supporting and sealing ineinber andfastening and clampingy members connecting the latter with" the lcasket cover,

Astillv further Objectis theprovis'ion of improved` slide cover supporting members within the upper marginal edges" ofthe casket body, together with non-metallic taclc ing strips or members `adapted to support the casket lining material or upholstering, as, well as one which will present the appearance Lof' an ordinary oak easketwhen themetallic casket cover is removed forthe pur pose of viewing the remains.

With the above mentienedy andother ends in view the invention consists in the novel construction, arrangement, and combination of parts, hereinafter described, illustrated in one ,of itsembodiinents` in the accompanying drawings, and particularly pointedv out in the appended claims.A

Similar numerals of reference designatey likeparts throughout all the igures of the drawings. Y

The improved casket body is preferably madev up of a single blank of sheet metal bent longitudinally of its length into substantially U-'shape in cross section'forining bottoni and side walls l and l, respectively', as shown most clearly in Fig. 3 of the drawings.` `The end walls 1b are preferably 'formed o f a single blank of sheet inetal having the sides thereof bent inwardly forming welding flanges le, as shown most clearly iii Figa of the drawings.

l The metallic casket body is provided about its upper and lower marginal edges with longitudinally extending'nietallic moldings 2 and 3, respectively,said` upper and lowei1| moldings 2 and 3 being preterablytof hollow formation and bent 'into any suitable and convenient form and attractive appearance.v

Thel upper and lower moldings 2 and are of rectangular shape and the upper molding Qlias its upper edge spaced from they upper marginal edges of the side` and end walls la and 1b to receive 'an interposed casket cover supporting and sealing member Patented Deaso, 1919.

4 also Vof 'rectangular shape, said'rectangular supporting and sealing member a being' welded at la about the upper marginal edges 0i' thecasket body and being seated within and welded to an upwardly extending iiange 2 of the upper metallic molding 2, as shown most clearly in Fig.` 3 of' the drawings.y

s As a further means of reinforcing and ornamenting the casket body the upper and lower moldings 2 and 3 are provided with openings 2b and 3a, respectively, at the corner and intermediate portions thereof to receive and carry the ends of vertically extending corner and intermediate metallic'inoldings 5 and 6, respectively, said moldings being also of hollow formation and welded at their ends to the horizontally extending moldings 2 and 3, and at their sides to the side and end walls la and 1b, respectively.

The casket cover 7 is preferably of concavo-convex shape in cross section, as shown, and is provided about its marginal edges with a horizontally extending marginal flange 7 adapted to rest above and to register with the covering supporting and sealing member/1L, and as a means of hermetically sealing the cover to the casket body, the supporting and sealing member et is preferably provided with a gasket fl-b, and as a means of securing and clamping the cover upon the gasket ab, the supporting and sealing member a is provided with a plurality of threaded openings am adapted to removably receive and contain a plurality of threaded fasten-` ing members, in the present instance,in the form of threaded bolts 8 terminating in wing heads SL by means of which the fasterr ing members or bolts 8 may be drawn up. When the cover 7 is removed the fastening members 8 are also removed, as shown in the central portion of Fig. l of the drawings, so that the casket will present the ordinary appearance of a casket, proper, when the remains are placed therein and are reviewed oy the relatives and friends of the deceased.

As a means of removably receiving and supporting suitable slide covers 9 and 9, the inner upper marginal edge of the metallic casket body is provided with slide supporting members 10 provided with horizontally extending spaced strips l0d forming intervening guide or slide ways adapted to receive the marginal edges of the slide covers 9 and 9a, the upper strips being removed by means of fastening members or screws 10b, the removal of the upper strip l()u permite ting of the removal of the slide covers 9 and 9a, the slide cover 9 at the head of the casket being preferably of glass or other transpan ent material, while the cover 9a is preferably of non-transparent or opaque material.

The slide supporting members l() are preferably of non-metallic material, such as wood or the like, and the slide supporting members l0, in the present instance, extends beneath the slide covers forming tacking strips l0c to receive the nails or fastening members for connecting and supporting the upper edges of the casket lining material 1l.

The sides and ends of the casket body may be provided with suitable casket handles 12 of any suitable and convenient form. It will be seen that the edges of the metal parts and ornamental fittings are particularly well arranged for autogenous and other modern welding methods and processes, the casket, as a whole, presenting` an ornamental appearance, and the exterior metal parts being well adapted to receive a wood finish so that 'vertical corner and intermediate metallic column members eXtendingtherebetween, a casket cover supporting and sealing member carried by said upper marginal metallic molding, a casket cover provided with a marginal clamping and sealing` flange seated on said cover supporting and sealing member, a slide cover supporting member within thev upper marginal edges of said lcasket body, and slide coversin said slide cover supporting member beneath said casket cover supporting and sealing member.

2Q A casket, comprising a `metallic casket body provided about its upper and lower marginal edges with hollow metallic moldings, vertical hollow metallic column members extending therebetween and welded thereto, a casket cover supporting and sealing member carried by and welded to said casket body and said upper marginal metallic molding, a casket cover seated on said cover supporting and sealing member, nonmetallic slide cover supporting members removably mounted within the upper marginal edges of said casket body, and slide covers in said slide cover supporting members beneath the horizontal plane of said casket cover supporting and sealing member.

3. Ina metallic casket, a casket body made up of a single blank ofsheet metal forming bottom and side walls, end walls welded therein, metallic moldings formed about the upper and lower marginal edges thereof, vertical corner and intermediate metallic moldings extending between said upper and lower marginal metallic moldings, casket slide cover supporting members within the upper marginal edges of said metallic casket body and provided with non-metallic tacking strips adapted to support the casket lining material, slide covers within said slide cover supporting `members, a casket cover adapted to rest upon said upper marginal metallic molding, and means for detachably connecting said cover in position.

4. In a metallic casket, a casket body made up of a. single blank of sheet metal of substantially U-shape in cross section forming bottoni and side walls, end walls having welding flanges welded therein, hollow metallic moldings formed about the upper and lower vmarginal edges thereof, corner and intermediate hollow metallic moldings extending between and Welded to said upper strips, a casket cover resting upon said upper and lower marginal metallic moldings, remarginal metallic molding, and means for l0 movable casket slide cover supporting memdetachably connectingand sealing said bers Within said metallic casket body and cover.

provided with non-metallic tacking Strips In testimony whereof I have axed my adapted to support the casket lining 1nasignature.

terial, slide covers Within said slide cover supporting members above said tacking CHRISTIAN V. LUCIUS. 

